So what does the commercial accountable care organization do? Ostensibly, if Orlando Health doctors are able to beat targets in quality — reduce readmissions, make sure patients get mammograms and screenings, manage a patient’s diabetes, for example ­— and also slow down the increase in medical care costs, Orlando Health gets to share in the savings; Orlando Health has no risk, though.

Companies that have Florida Blue as an insurance carrier also could see lower premiums or premiums that don’t get increase as fast.

“This is a longer-term strategy,” said Dr. Wayne Jenkins in an interview with Orlando Business Journal. “This will put us back in the black more. These are things that mature over the next couple years.”

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